There are factual existing cases of someone being tried and losing months of their life due to facial recognition wherein the accused wasn't in the same town as the crime. When the authorities are handled sufficiently gift wrapped cases here is bob bob did wrong here's the video they often DO pursue them because 95% of such cases are a charging document arrest and plea bargain. In this phase we regularly ask people to choose between probation or a short sentence and being threatened with being punished with 20 years for defending themselves. Sometimes innocent people actually cop a please to avoid their life being destroyed.

Whilst in theory people may be entitled to a lawyer they may either not qualify because they aren't poor enough or may not get actual representation without spending thousands of dollars people simply don't have.

Creating a whole host of such cases could be a disaster.